baste /beɪst/verb 5noun 1forms 3phrases 1 verb5 •To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting. •To coat over something.Ice Cold Daydream" bastes the bayou funk of the Meters in swirling psychedelia, while "Sweet Thang," a swampy blues cowritten with his dad, sounds like something from Dr. John's "Night Tripper" phase. — 2001 •To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.He bastes the coat together with thick white thread almost like string, using stitches big enough to be ripped out easily later. — 1991 •To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar. •(slang, no longer used) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.July 1660, Samuel Pepys, Diaries One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters. noun1 •A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking."Just like a leg of mutton being roasted before a slow fire without any one to give it a baste," groaned the old man. — 1876 formsbasted · basting · bastes Phrases with baste baste upTo prepare or treat a fabric by basting (to sew with long or loose stitches).
